Space in the tropics : from convicts to rockets in French Guiana /

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This title compares the current space programme in French Guiana to the earlier penal colony of Devil's Island, highlighting cultural realignments in nature behind the evolution of global technology in a tropical rainforest.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Redfield, Peter, 1965-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2000.
Temas:
Centre spatial guyanais.
Centre spatial guyanais
Human geography > French Guiana > History.
Penal colonies > French Guiana > Devil's Island.
Human ecology.
Economic development > Environmental aspects.
Colonies pénitentiaires > Guyane française > Diable, Île du.
Écologie humaine.
Développement économique > Aspect de l'environnement.
human ecology.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Human Geography.
Economic development > Environmental aspects
Human ecology
Human geography
Penal colonies
French Guiana
French Guiana > Devil's Island
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:This title compares the current space programme in French Guiana to the earlier penal colony of Devil's Island, highlighting cultural realignments in nature behind the evolution of global technology in a tropical rainforest.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xvi, 245 pages) : illustrations, maps
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-329) and index.
ISBN:9780520923423
0520923421
0585389381
9780585389387
0520219848
9780520219847
0520219856
9780520219854

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